Becoming Producers in the Digital Era

Number of digital business people and entities growing, including Indonesian citizens or subsidiaries of businesses from other countries.

Kompas/Handining

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On Nov. 3, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and Alibaba founder Jack Ma inaugurated a digital free trade zone. The new facility was built as a logistics center for products that are traded online.

Similarly to a conventional free trade zone, the digital free trade zone (DFTZ) can receive, import, add value and re-import products with special treatment, such as easy access to import and export permits from the customs and excise office. There are two strategic benefits for Malaysia from this project.